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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 4 The Man of Two Minds, Section 6 | Part 2, Chapter 5 Agassiz, Section 1 | Part 2, Chapter 5 Agassiz, Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Holmes sat on the Supreme Court for _______ years.
(a) 14.
(b) 16.
(c) 13.
(d) 10.

2. Henry James had a relationship with _________ who like him disliked institutionalization and systems.
(a) Oliver Wendell Holmes.
(b) Charles Lowell.
(c) Henry Abbott.
(d) Ralph Waldo Emerson.

3. After Holmes returned to the army following the Battle of Fredericksburg, there was a new regiment created of black volunteers, the __________.
(a) 57th Massachusetts.
(b) 45th Massachusetts.
(c) 54th Massachusetts.
(d) 59th Massachusetts.

4. ___________ felt that he was at a disadvantage because he had no formal education.
(a) Wilky James.
(b) Bob James.
(c) Henry James Jr.
(d) William James.

5. William James spent a great deal of time and energy on being indecisive, but he was able to use it to create the idea of _________.
(a) Abolitionism.
(b) Pragmatism.
(c) Separatism.
(d) Antagonism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before the war, Holmes considered _________ to be the center of intellectual thinking, like his father before him.

2. The dominant political party during the time of the Civil War was ________.

3. Even though he had no formal education in either, ___________ taught psychology and philosophy at Harvard.

4. Louis Agassiz gained fame because of his discovery of _________.

5. The war had been compared to _________ and the Union soldiers rallied themselves around it.

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